Illinois football enters week nine of the 2025 season still with hope to make the College Football Playoff.
Let me first start by saying, everything below this sentence doesn’t matter if the Illini can’t beat Washington. It all starts with Illinois taking down a talented Huskies team on the road.
If that happens, more dominoes can start falling. There are some important games Illinois fans can keep an eye on that would help us when it comes to the decisions on which programs make the College Football Playoff.